A rukūʿ ( ar, رُكوع, ) is a paragraph of the
Quran. There are either 540 or 558 rukus in the Quran, depending on the authority.
The term ''rukūʿ'' — roughly translated to "passage", "
pericope" or "
stanza
In poetry, a stanza (; from Italian language, Italian ''stanza'' , "room") is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or Indentation (typesetting), indentation. Stanzas can have regular rhyme scheme, rhyme and ...
" — is used to denote a group of thematically related
verses in the Quran. Longer chapters (''
surah'') in the Qur'an are usually divided into several ''rukūʿ''s, so that readers could identify when to make stop or pause, without breaking an ongoing topic in the Quranic text.
See also
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Ayah
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Juz'
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Ruku (part of the Islamic act of worship)
References
Components of the Quran
Arabic words and phrases
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